Scoilnet Maps
Scoilnet have come up with an amazing set of resources for schools. Scoilnet maps is a set of 6 mapping tools that could have revolutionary effects on the Irish primary classroom.
While Google Maps is a fantastic resource, Scoilnet have … Read on…
Back to School: Symbaloo
Social Bookmarking isn’t a new phenomenon and lots of teacher save links to services like Delicious or Google Bookmarks. However, while I find these bookmarking web sites great for my own personal use, it just never seemed to work at … Read on…
Back To School: ClassDojo
One of the most amazing tools I have seen in use in classrooms is ClassDojo. For those of you who haven’t discovered it, I would say it potentially could revolutionise your classroom management system. ClassDojo allows you to set up … Read on…
Twitter in Education
Here are some great articles about Twitter in Education:
Opinions on Twitter
- http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com/2011/04/twitter-le-triple-filtre.html – Steve Wheeler’s opinions on why Twitter is great for education
- http://mindshift.kqed.org/2011/03/5-ways-twitter-has-changed-education/ – 5 ways Twitter has changed education
- http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue56/houghton-jan/ – Twitter can give a sense of
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Edchatie ends the year
The final #edchatie of the 2011-12 school year took place this evening with a lively debate on the casualisation of the teaching profession. While it appears our secondary school colleagues are in a much more difficult situation, the chat tonight … Read on…
CoderDáilJo
CoderDojo is a wonderful initiative that gives children the opportunity to learn computer programming. It’s now celebrating its first birthday. To celebrate, it is hosting a Dojo in Leinster House in Dublin. James Whelton, the man behind CoderDojo, wants to … Read on…
10 Twitter Tips
This is a great post from The Whiteboard Blog and might be a good follow up to the Tiny Guide to Twitter posted a couple of days ago.… Read on…
Technology in Schools in the Dark Ages?
Great – another article damning schools and the Department of Education for failing the youth of today. The Irish Times recently published an article by Brian O’Connell who claims that since he was in school in 1985, nothing has changed … Read on…
Games-based Learning
Idea Magazine is an online journal around technology ideas and this month, they’re focusing on Gaming. I was asked by journalist and writer, JJ Worrall, to speak about my opinions on Games-based Learning in the Classroom. I felt it only … Read on…
HP Teacher Exchange
Despite having the worst web address (http://h30411.www3.hp.com/) Hewlett Packard have one of the most interesting web sites for teachers. I follow them on Twitter (@HPTeachExchange) and they often come up with some lists of great resources … Read on…
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